Transcriptome data of maize leaves inoculated with water and Colletotrichum graminicola

The experiment was conducted in the greenhouse of Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2019. The transcriptome sequencing was performed on a typical maize variety B73. For biological stress treatment, the maize leaves were inoculated with water and Colletotrichum graminicola. The first sampling of maize leaves was performed at 0 h after treatment of water. Subsequent samples of maize leaves were taken at 24h, 40h, 60h and 96h after inoculation with C. graminicola. Three biological replicates of leaf samples were collected at each time point. Total RNA was extracted from leaf samples using Trizol method. Then, the RNA was analyzed by agrose gel electrophoresis. RNA-seq libraries was finally constructed with the Illumina standard mRNASeq Prep Kit (TruSeq RNA and DNA Sample Preparation Kits).